Letter in Cherokee syllabary from Lewis Downing to Cooweescoowee (John Ross)
Handwritten copy of document of National Council of the Cherokees
The Removal of the Cherokee
Gilcrease Museum
Scope and Content Notes
Typescript of an essay titled "The Removal of the Cherokee" by John Madden. Describes how the comissioner J.F. Schermerhorn arranged the Treaty of 1835 in absence of Cherokee officers. By this treaty, the Cherokee Nation ceded to the U.S. all territory east of the Mississippi River. Includes history of the removal from June 1838 to March 1839. Folder 65
Archival Location
- Collection: Manuscript Collection: Cherokee Papers
